IMPACT OF VARIETIES ON INFESTATION OF COMMON BEAN PLANTS WITH PESTS

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Plant Protection Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Moshtohor, Benha University, Egypt.

2 Plant Protection Research Institute, Agricultural Research Center, Dokki, Giza, Egypt.

Abstract

This work was conducted during 2007and 2008 summer season to evaluate three varieties of common bean for their relative susceptibility to spider mites, Tetranychus urticae, Tetranychus cucurbitacearum and whitefly, Bemisia tabaci as well as Thrips, Thrips tabaci and its effect on the resultant yields. The result revealed that Paulista variety was the best treatment (recorded the least infestation and the heaviest green pods yield).